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Annual economic losses caused by weather - and climate - related extreme events in the EU Member States

Figure Created 03 Oct 2023 Published 09 Oct 2023 Last modified 09 Oct 2023

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Topics: Climate change adaptation Water and marine environment

In this indicator, events are grouped according to the available information in CATDAT. Meteorological events: storms (including lightning and hail) and mass movements. Hydrological events: floods. Climatological events: heatwaves, cold waves, droughts, forest fires. Total economic losses, in EUR billion (2022 prices), are based on recorded estimates from CATDAT provided by RiskLayer (dataset url is not available) and Eurostat structural indicators.

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Methodology:: Based on the damage records from CATDAT of RiskLayer GmbH and the Eurostat structural indicators
Units:: Billion EUR (2022 prices)
Rights:: EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge,
provided that the source is acknowledged (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Commission, European Environment Agency (EEA).
Owners:: RiskLayer
Figure type:: Graph

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Trendline through 30-year moving average (2009-2022): y=0.3559(x-1979)+0.6112

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